Fertilizer-distributer.



J. T. HAGBMAN. FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTEB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.11, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

JT/MGEMAN UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN '1. HAGEMAII, OF OTTAWA, OHIO.

FERTILIZER-DIS'I'BIBUTER.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A1) 21 191 .1 Applicationfiled August 11, 1913. Serial No. 784,139. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN T. HAonMAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Ottawa, in the county ofPutnam and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fertilizer-Distributers, of which thefollowing is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and'useful improvements in fertilizerdistributers and has for its primary object to provide an improveddevice of this character which is provided with means for feeding thematerial to t'ne distributing cylinder without possibility of thematerial choking at the latter point. a i

A further object of the-invention resides in providing an endlesselevator for conveying the material upwardly to the distributingcylinder and a still further object resides in providing a device whichis simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture andone which will be very efiicient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel'features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out. thespecification and claims. 1 v v In the accompanying drawing fo'rmingia'part of this application, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectionthrough the device. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation'thereofshowing the operating means for my improved device; and Fig. 3 isasection as seen on line 3--3, Fig. 1.

In describing my invention, I shall'refer to the drawing in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which- 1 indicates the body of the device whichis suitably mounted I on the supporting wheels 2, certain of saidsupporting wheels acting as drivers for my improved feeding anddistributing mechanism, at the rear end of the device. This device isprovided with the usual horizontally feeding drag and follower, forforcing the material in the body 1 toward the rear end thereof, as thedevice is propelled, whereby said material may be distributed therefrom.

Mounted for rotation in the rear end of the body 1, adjacent the up orportion thereof, is a distributing cylin er 3, which may be of the usualor any preferred type and driven by the usual or any preferred meansconnected to the adjacent wheels 2. This cylinder being disposed at apoint adjacent the upper portion of the bed or body of the device, hasthe greater portion thereof above the load of material and my inventionprimanly contemplates the provision of a means for feeding the materialto said cylinder so that a predetermined amount thereof may bedistributed therefrom. To this end, I provide the endless elevator 4which is suitably mounted in the rear end of the body 1, below thecylinder :3. This elevator is arranged on a slightly inclined planerearwardly and the usual or any suitable means for operating the samefroin'theadjacent wheels is provided. Thus as the device is propelledandthe material in the body is fed rearwardly by the drag and follower,said material is also fed upwardly by means of the endless elevator 4 tothe cylinder 3 from which point the same is distributed. It-will beseen,. however, that inasmuch as the cylinder 3 is, for the greaterportion of its circumference, above theload of material, and thematerial fed thereto by means of the endless elevator, all choking atthe point of the cylinder will be obviated.

From" the foregoing description of the construction of my improveddevice, the foperation thereof will be readily understood and it will beseen that I haveprovided a device which is simple and durable-inconstruction, inexpensive "to manufacture and onewhich will be veryefficient and useful in operation. I 7 While I have particularlydescribed the elements best adapted toperform the func- "tions' setforth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in theminor details ofconstruc'tion may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention. Forexample, if desired, the inven tion may be used without the distributingcylinder 3, the endless elevator 4 serving as a distributer instead ofthe cylinder.

While it is to be understood that any desired mechanism may be used fordriving the different parts, I have in the present instance shown anarrangement for this purpose which I shall now describe but it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited thereto. For instance, theendless apron or feeding drag, which I have designated 5,

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has onits rear shaft 6, a spur-gear 7, whichmeshes with a correspondinggear-.8 on a shaft 9. The shaft 9 has a sprocket wheel secured to it anda drive chain 10 extends around this sprocket wheel and around on thesprocket wheel 11, operable by the rear ground wheel. Another sprocketwheel is secured to the shaft 9 and around this last named sprocketwheel is an endless drive chain 12 which extends around the sprocket 13on the shaft 14 of the distributing heater 3 to drive the latter. Inorder to drive the elevator 4, its lower shaft'15 has a spur gear 16mounted thereon and this spur gear or pinion 16 meshes with the pinion 8hereinbefore referred to.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a fertilizer distributor, the combination with a body for holdingfertilizing material, and means for advancing the material thereintoward one end of the same; of a distributing cylinder mounted forrotation in the last mentioned end of the body at the upper portionthereof, and an endless eonveyer arranged in the last mentioned end ofthe body below said cylinder and-beyond the same for conveying materialupward l y in said cylinder to be distributed therefrom.

2. tion with a body for holding fertilizing material, and means foradvancing the material therein toward one end of the same; of adistributing cylinder mounted 'for rotation in the last mentioned end ofthe body at the upper portion thereof, and an endless conveyer arrangedon an inclination in the last mentioned end of the body, the lower endof said conveyer terminating in the plane of the advancing means for thematerial in the body and the upper end of said conveyer terminating inplanes beyond and below said cylinder whereby the material advanced inthe body may be conveyed to said cylinder to be distributed therefrom.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JOHN T. HAGEMAN.

In a fertilizer distributcr, the colnbina-

